PYRE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PYRE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYRE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYRE is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYRE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PYRE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PYRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What stands out about PYRE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PYRE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A heap of wood built for burning a body.
Pyre and pyro share a Greek root meaning fire, which makes them one of the few genuinely related pairs in this stretch of the alphabet. The funeral sense arrived with the word itself.
How PYRE is used
Countable: a pyre, two pyres.
- A pyre takes a surprising quantity of wood.
- The word pyre comes from a Greek one meaning fire.
- Two pyres were built on the same shore.
- Pyre and pyro really are related.
- The funeral sense came with pyre from the start.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYRE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PYRE
The 4 tiles of PYRE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PYRE
Showing 24 of 27 words that begin with PYRE.
Words ending in PYRE
1 words end in PYRE. Useful as a back hook: play PYRE onto a word already on the board.
Words with PYRE inside
Showing 24 of 39 words that contain PYRE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PYRE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PYRE
Common questions about PYRE
- Is PYRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYRE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYRE worth?
- PYRE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYRE mean?
- A heap of wood built for burning a body.
- What letters can be added to PYRE?
- PYRE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PYRE:
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